Coathangers (Subterranean)

Dd/mm/yyyy (Empty Bottle)

Egypt Central (Abbey Pub)

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (House of Blues)

Joss Stone, Ryan Shaw (Petrillo Music Shell)

Rza (House of Blues)

Dysrhythmia (Ronny's)

Fantasia, Estelle (Petrillo Music Shell)

Gavin Degraw (Rialto Square Theatre)

Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Big D & the Kids Table, Suburban Legends (House of Blues)

Little Pieces (Beat Kitchen)

Sloppy Seconds (Reggie's Rock Club)

The Go, Thee Makeout Party (Empty Bottle)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood (United Center)

Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Socratic (Reggie's Rock Club)

Monotonix, Mannequin Men, Team Robespierre, Crystal Antlers (Mansion)

People In Planes (Beat Kitchen)

Wzt Hearts, Thank You (Empty Bottle)

Gomez, Alejandro Escovedo (Petrillo Music Shell)

Bonnie Raitt (Petrillo Music Shell)

Headlights (Empty Bottle)

Kode9 (Sonotheque)

Los Dynamite (Metro)

Markus Schulz (Vision)

Russian Circles (Schubas)

Steve Miller Band, Joe Cocker (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Weird Al Yankovic (Star Plaza Theatre)

Aly & Aj, A Cursive Memory, Keke Palmer (Petrillo Music Shell)

Barcelona (Beat Kitchen)

Jason Reeves, Brendan James (Schubas)

The Devil Makes Three (Hideout)

Dropkick Murphys, Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Charter One Pavilion)

Le Loup (Pritzker Pavilion)

Teddy Geiger, Hilary McRae, Scott Harris (House of Blues)

311, Snoop Dogg, Fiction Plane (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Boys Like Girls, Good Charlotte, Metro Station, The Main (Congress Theater)

Brazzaville (Elbo Room)

Van Morrison (Rosemont Theater)

Virginia Coalition (Schubas)

Wolf Parade (House of Blues)

Alkaline Trio, American Steel, The Fashion (House of Blues)

Bluerunners (Martyrs')

George Michael (United Center)

The Mae Shi, Death Set (Abbey Pub)

Les Breastfeeders (Subterranean)

Dengue Fever (Empty Bottle)

Feist (Ravinia Festival)

Fiction Plane (Abbey Pub)

Jeremy Spencer (FitzGerald's)

Luke Doucet & the White Falcon (Subterranean)

Luke Doucet & the White Falcon (Subterranean)

Modey Lemon (Beat Kitchen)

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (AV-aerie)

The Advent (Smart Bar)

A Wilhelm Scream (Reggie's Rock Club)

Al Green, Dr. John & the Lower 911, Soulive (Charter One Pavilion)

Blues Day with Lonnie Brooks, Fernando Jones, Nellie Travis, Fruteland Jackson, and Others (Congress Theater)

City On Film, Slithering Beast (South Union Arts)

Jenny Owen Youngs (Schubas)

Keri Noble (Beat Kitchen)

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band (Ravinia Festival)

Paula Cole (Morton Arboretum)

Reo Speedwagon (Star Plaza Theatre)

Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the MacHine (House of Blues)

Slavic Soul Party (Martyrs')

Tift Merritt (FitzGerald's)

Tortoise, Tight Phantomz (Empty Bottle)

Urge Overkill (Bottom Lounge)

3 Doors Down, Staind, Hinder (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Gavin Rossdale (House of Blues)

Mark Knopfler (Chicago Theatre)

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (Charter One Pavilion)

Steed Lord (Abbey Pub)

At the Gates, Darkest Hour, Municipal Waste (House of Blues)

Beach Boys (Ravinia Festival)

Gov't Mule (Skyline Stage)

Shamus (Martyrs')

Yaz (Chicago Theatre)

Bullet For My Valentine (House of Blues)

Son Ambulance (Schubas)

Steely Dan (Chicago Theatre)

Moaners (Schubas)

Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx: A.m., Trapt (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Pearlene (Double Door)

T-Model Ford (Empty Bottle)

Villa Diamante, Chancha Via Circuito (Sonotheque)

Kidz Bop Live (House of Blues)

Watson Twins, Tim Fite (Lakeshore Theater)

Dope, Kittie, A New Revolution (Metro)

Ed Harcourt (Schubas)

English Beat, The Fixx, The Alarm (Cubby Bear)

Firehouse (Joe's)

John Hiatt (Ravinia Festival)

John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Brett Dennen (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Kinetix, Bump (Martyrs')

Lower Class Brats (Reggie's Rock Club)

Trevor Loveys, Stupid Fresh (Smart Bar)

Wilfrido Vargas, Lisandro Meza, Dario Gomez, Juan Jose Meza (Congress Theater)

Aleks Syntek (Congress Theater)

American Idols Live with Brooke White, Carly Smithson, Chikezie Eze, David Archuleta (Allstate Arena)

Brian Wright & the Waco Tragedies, Joe Firstman, Tony Lucca (Martyrs')

Cherry Poppin' Daddies (Beverly Arts Center)

Dirtbombs (Abbey Pub)

High Places (Schubas)

Jimmy Buffett (Alpine Valley)

Joshua James, Cory Chisel, Amber Rubarth (Beat Kitchen)

King Khan & the Shrines, Jay Reatard (Bottom Lounge)

Sharam (Crobar)

Suffocation (Pearl Room)

Umphrey's McGee, Sts9 (Charter One Pavilion)

Valient Thorr, Early Man, Architects (Reggie's Rock Club)

Boris, Torche, Nachmystium (Empty Bottle)

Bowerbirds (Schubas)

Jimmie Vaughan (Millennium Park)

Loved Ones (Reggie's Rock Club)

Sourvein (Reggie's Rock Club)

B.B.n I Marko Markovic Orkestar (Martyrs')

Puddle of Mudd (House of Blues)

Punch Brothers Featuring Chris Thile (Ravinia Festival)

John Mellencamp, Lucinda Williams (Charter One Pavilion)

Lyfe Jennings (House of Blues)

The Banner, Dr. Acula (Reggie's Rock Club)

Benjy Davis Project, High Tide Blues (Schubas)

Boston, Styx (Charter One Pavilion)

Buffalo Killers (Empty Bottle)

Cavalera Conspiracy, Dillinger Escape Plan, Throwdown (The Vic)

Black Ghosts (Smart Bar)

David Banner (House of Blues)

Helmet (Double Door)

Jeremy Jay (Schubas)

O.a.r., Beautiful Girls (Charter One Pavilion)

Richard Colburn (DJ Set) (Sonotheque)

Scott H. Biram, B.B.Log III (Empty Bottle)

Xyz Affair (Beat Kitchen)

Cypress Hill (House of Blues)

Deadstring Brothers (Beat Kitchen)

Hair Police (Empty Bottle)

Hootie & the Blowfish (Ravinia Festival)

Mac McAnally (Pearl Room)

Polvo (Subterranean)

Takka Takka, Brent Puls, Alina Simone (Schubas)

The Honorary Title, New Frontiers (Reggie's Rock Club)

Tittsworth (Smart Bar)

Z-Trip (Abbey Pub)

Ariel Pink (Empty Bottle)

Blackrock Concert & Ghana Fest After Party Featuring Reggie Rockstone, Tinny, Faze, Mzbel, Tic Tac, and Others (Congress Theater)

George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic (Cubby Bear)

Imaad Wasif & Two Part Beast (Abbey Pub)

Isis, Dub Trio (Subterranean)

Karsh Kale (Martyrs')

Lucky Boys Confusion, Frantic, Flowers For Dorian (House of Blues)

Walter Trout (House of Blues Back Porch Stage)

Joan of Arc (Beat Kitchen)

Matmos (Lakeshore Theater)

Peter Frampton (House of Blues)

Secret Chiefs 3 (Double Door)

Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, The Facele, Despised Icon, Aborted, Born of Osiris, Psycroptic, White Chapel (House of Blues)

Jay Brannan (Lakeshore Theater)

Dru Hill, Sisqo, Nokio, Jazz & Tao (House of Blues)

Earth, Wind & Fire (Chicago Theatre)

Edison Glass (Reggie's Rock Club)

Great American Taxi (Martyrs)

Black Keys (Metro)

Catch 22, Patent Pending (Reggie's Rock Club)

Ten Out of Tenn (Martyrs')

Black Lips (Empty Bottle)

Brand New (House of Blues)

Brian Vander Ark (Martyrs')

Drop the Lime (Abbey Pub)

Gogol Bordello, Ting Tings (Metro)

Harry & the Potters, Uncle Monsterface (Mansion)

Rogue Wave, Dr. Dog (Schubas)

Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Carter's Chord, Mica Roberts, Trailer Choir (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Whigs (House of Blues Back Porch Stage)

Anni Rossi, Nat Baldwin, Dan Mohr (South Union Arts)

Battles, Foals (Double Door)

Bloc Party (House of Blues)

Broken Social Scene (Metro)

David Allen Coe, Adam Hood (Joe's)

Devlin & Darko, Hearts Revolution, Franki Chan (Abbey Pub)

Dwele (Harold Washington Cultural Center)

Flogging Molly, Black Joe Lewis (Congress Theater)

Gipsy Kings (Ravinia Festival)

Kaskade (Smart Bar)

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's (Empty Bottle)

Okkervil River, Octopus Project (Schubas)

Warped Tour with Angels & Airwaves, Relient K, The Academy is . . ., Everytime I Die (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Hazel Dickens (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Musiq Soulchild (House of Blues)

Poison, Dokken, Sebastian Bach (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Melvins (Double Door)

Eddie & the Hotrods, Heart Attacks (Reggie's Rock Club)

Martin Zellar (Schubas)

Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams (Sears Centre)

She & Him (Park West)

Bitter:sweet (Subterranean)

Millionaires, Hypercrush, Brokencyde (Beat Kitchen)

Telepathique (Double Door)

Terror, Warriors, Death Before Dishonor (Reggie's Rock Club)

Tilly & the Wall (Abbey Pub)

Vienna Teng (Schubas)

Bodies of Water (Schubas)

Boy George (House of Blues)

El Vez (Abbey Pub)

Rx Bandits, Portugal. the Man (Metro)

Thriving Ivory (Double Door)

Amanda Palmer (Lakeshore Theater)

Gaelic Storm (Beverly Arts Center)

Janis Ian (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Jill Scott (Charter One Pavilion)

John Tejada (Smart Bar)

Joshua Radin, Vanessa Carlton, Alexa Wilkenson (House of Blues)

Juliette & the Licks (Bottom Lounge)

Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos (Ravinia Festival)

We Are Scientists (Abbey Pub)

Bodeans (Ravinia Festival)

Clone Defects (Beat Kitchen)

Ebony Hillbillies with Steve Rosen (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Extreme, Kings X (House of Blues)

Rascal Flatts (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down (Empty Bottle)

Cute is What We Aim For, Ace Enders, Danger Radio (Metro)

Grupo Cantaclaro (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Hieroglyphics, Blue Scholars, Knobody, Musab, Prince Ali (Abbey Pub)

Keb Mo (House of Blues)

Mayhem Festival with Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Mastadon, Underoath, MacHine Head (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Scorpions (Charter One Pavilion)

Sheryl Crow (Ravinia Festival)

Toots & the Maytals (Park West)

Amos Lee (Park West)

Van Hunt (House of Blues Back Porch Stage)

Eddy Grant (Martyrs')

Joe Purdy, Meiko, Jay Nash & the Low Stars (Schubas)

Paramore, Jack's Mannequin, Phantom Planet (Congress Theater)

Ted Nugent (Genesee Theatre)

Keith Caputo, Wil Ridge (Double Door)

The Duke Spirit (Empty Bottle)

Blue King Brown (Double Door)

Brian Culbertson & the Funk Experience (Chicago Theatre)

Faun Fables (Schubas)

Matthew Dear (Smart Bar)

The Dear Hunter, Lydia, You Me and Everyone We Know (Beat Kitchen)

Chip Taylor (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Chris Isaak (Morton Arboretum)

Ida (Schubas)

Leon Russell (Beverly Arts Center)

Oneida, Dirty Faces (Empty Bottle)

Secondhand Serenade, My American Heart, Playradioplay (Metro)

Elizabeth Mitchell (Schubas)

Handsome Furs (Empty Bottle)

Michael Feinstein, Jane Monheit (Ravinia Festival)

The Ex & Getatchew Mekurya (Logan Square Auditorium)

Bombadil, Paleface (House of Blues Back Porch Stage)

Greencards, Judd Hughes (Abbey Pub)

Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, Testament (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Marc Anthony, Alejandro Fernandez (Charter One Pavilion)

Peter Himmelman (Schubas)

Flobots (House of Blues)

Tyler Hilton (Schubas)

Ub40 (Ravinia Festival)

Weedeater, Black Cobra (Double Door)

Counting Crows, Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Cyndi Lauper, Mc Hammer, DJ Berrie (Chicago Theatre)

Great Lake Swimmers (Schubas)

Kenny Wayne Shepherd (House of Blues)

Luis & the Wildfires, Omar & the Stringpoppers (Martyrs')

Tea Leaf Green, Assembly of Dust (Park West)

The Faint (The Vic)

Aesop Rock (Abbey Pub)

Brad Paisley, Jewel, Chick Wicks, Julianne Hough (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

George Thorogood & the Destroyers (House of Blues)

Indigenous (Martyrs')

Kill Hannah, Medic Droid (Metro)

Motel (Congress Theater)

Third Day, Switchfoot, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Jars of Clay (Charter One Pavilion)

Backstreet Boys (Ravinia Festival)

Bow Wow (House of Blues)

Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Habib Koite (Martyrs')

Garaj Mahal (Martyrs')

Jana Hunter, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez (Schubas)

Allman Brothers, B.B.Weir & Ratdog (Charter One Pavilion)

Finch, Scary Kids Scaring Kids (Metro)

Jonny Lang, Buddy Guy (Ravinia Festival)

Nico Muhly, Doveman, Sam Amidon (Lakeshore Theater)

Alice Cooper (Star Plaza Theatre)

Billy B.B.Thornton (Joe's)

Dave Stewart (Ravinia Festival)

Walter Meego (Subterranean)

Don Caballero (Subterranean)

Donna Summer (Ravinia Festival)

Flower Kings (Martyrs')

Martina McBride, Jack Ingram, Chris Young (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Nebula, Totimoshi (Reggie's Rock Club)

Richie Hawtin, Magda, Troy Pierce (Smart Bar)

Aimee Mann, Squeeze (Ravinia Festival)

Andrew Bird (Pritzker Pavilion)

Gbh, Whole Wheat Bread, Krum Bums (Abbey Pub)

Kronos Quartet (Ravinia Festival)

Xiu Xiu (Bottom Lounge)

Mike Gordon (Park West)

Shudder To Think (Park West)

Derek Trucks Band (The Vic)

Nightwish (House of Blues)

Sons & Daughters (Double Door)

Benevento, Russo Duo (Martyrs')

Gza (House of Blues)

Intronaut, Behold the Arctopus, Mouth of the Architect (Reggie's Rock Club)

Federico Aubele, Natalia Clavier (Martyrs')

Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls, Wayne Hussey (Schubas)

Dandy Warhols, Darker My Love (The Vic)

Holy Fuck (Subterranean)

Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Brooks & Dunn, Zz Top, Rodney Atkins (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)

Ice Cube (House of Blues)

Julieta Venegas (Aragon Ballroom)

Outformation (Martyrs')

Balkan Beat Box (Logan Square Auditorium)

Vince Gill (Rialto Square Theatre)

Skid Row (Joe's)

Dana Fuchs (House of Blues Back Porch Stage)

Felice Brothers (Abbey Pub)

Lagwagon, Mxpx, Only Crime (Metro)

A Place To Bury Strangers (Empty Bottle)

Opeth, High On Fire, Nachtmystium (House of Blues)

Sigur Ros (Chicago Theatre)

Stars (Riviera Theatre)

Janet Jackson (Allstate Arena)

Zoe (House of Blues)

Albert Cummings (House of Blues Back Porch Stage)

Mogwai, Fuck Buttons (Congress Theater)

Pat Green (House of Blues)

Buckethead (The Vic)

Helloween, Gamma Ray, Manticora (Pearl Room)

Hyde Park Jazz Festival with Dee Alexander, Ari Brown, Orbert Davis, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Maurice Brown & Corey Wilkes, Zach Brock (Hyde Park (over several venues))

My Bloody Valentine (Aragon Ballroom)

Hot Chip (DJ Set) (Smart Bar)

Joan Sebastian (Allstate Arena)

August Burns Red, A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane (Reggie's Rock Club)

Carrie Underwood (Sears Centre)

Obituary (Pearl Room)

Tina Turner (United Center)

Kenny Loggins (Star Plaza Theatre)

New Kids On the Block (Allstate Arena)

Ani DiFranco (Chicago Theatre)

Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships (Double Door)

Bootsy Collins (House of Blues)

Tegan & Sara (Riviera Theatre)

Silver Jews (Metro)

Stereolab, Monade (The Vic)

Cold War Kids (The Vic)

Kooks (Riviera Theatre)

Pierced Arrows (Empty Bottle)

Riot Fest with All (Congress Theater)

Killing Joke (House of Blues)

Celtic Thunder (Rosemont Theatre)

Notwist (Logan Square Auditorium)

Edguy (Pearl Room)

Old Crow Medicine Show (Riviera Theatre)

Oak Ridge Boys (Star Plaza Theatre)

Vicente Fernandez (Allstate Arena)

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (Sears Centre Arena)

Lykke Li (Empty Bottle)

Madonna (United Center)

Jaguares (House of Blues)

Celine Dion (United Center)

Martin Sexton, Ryan Montbleau (Park West)

Jackopierce (Park West)